The live action was good for what it aimed to be! (MANHWA READER)
As someone who followed the serialization of Viral Hit aka How To Fight from really early on all the way to the end and LOVED IT, I will say: I really enjoyed the live action.
Would it have been nice if it adapted the manhwa more faithfully? Yes, absolutely.
But for what its worth, the Viral Hit live action only had 6 episodes. What I saw was an attempt to encapsulate the core of the manhwa's story into as compact and efficient as possible in 6 episodes. And quite frankly, it did it pretty well!
Good points: It wove Asamiya/Bomi more into her involvement with the team rather than just being a prize to win, it gave Kanegon/Jiksae a really endearing character arc from asshole to ride-or-die bro, and the fights were choreographed really well in illustrating how Youtube-learnt Shimura/Hobin fights. Oh, and Taehoon/Shinjo looked like he popped straight out of the manhwa, INSANE CASTING!!
If I listed all the parts I wish they did better, of course, it'd be a really long list. That's just a testament to how awesome How To Fight was. But if I, rather than judge Viral Hit based on my expectations from the manhwa, judged it based on what it is as a standalone show, it's a FANTASTIC underdog story. It's easy to pick up, easy to get into, and anyone I know who enjoyed it, I can heartily recommend the manhwa for the full, much more fleshed out experience. Genuinely, it's a GREAT 6-episode Netflix show!!
If there's one thing I'm most sad about, it's the massive aura loss from this:
But yeah, guys. I know most of us are long-time fans and wish for better. I get the feeling. But it's important that we're just sad about it, not mad. Because, don't forget:
